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Antipodes : in search of the southern continent / Avan Judd Stallard.

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ISBN	9781925377323
Author	Stallard, Avan Judd (author.)
Title	Antipodes : in search of the southern continent / Avan Judd Stallard.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2016].
Publisher and/or associated date/s	©2016
Description	xviii, 264 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index.
Summary	When ships were equal to ambitions, explorers set out to find and claim Terra Australis - said to be as large, rich and varied as all the northern lands combined. Antipodes charts these voyages - voyages both through the imagination and across the High Seas - in pursuit of the mythical Terra Australis. In doing so, the question is asked: how could so many fail to see the realities they encountered? And how is it a mythical land held the gaze of an era famed for breaking free the shackles of superstition? That Terra Australis did not exist didn't stop explorers pursuing the continent to its Antarctic obsolescence, unwilling to abandon the promise of such a rich and magnificent land till it was stripped of every ounce of value it had ever promised. In the process, the southern continent - an imaginary land - became one of the shaping forces of early modern history.
Subjects	Discoveries in geography -- European -- History
	Explorers -- 19th century -- History
	Australia -- Discovery and exploration
Call number	910.9 STA

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